Cleric Warns of US Dishonesty in Nuclear Talks with Iran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Tehran’s Provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani cautioned the country’s diplomats against Washington’s hostile attitudes in the course of nuclear talks with Iran.
“The Iranian negotiating delegation is aware and knows that the US is our number one enemy and that the US tries to damage our dignity,” the cleric said, addressing a large congregation of worshippers in Tehran on Friday.
“The Iranian team should be mindful t hat the US plot is to hurt Iran in different ways, but it will definitely fail and is slipping into downfall,” Ayatollah Movahedi Kermani added.
His remarks came after negotiators from Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) wrapped the latest round of talks on Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program in Switzerland’s Geneva on Wednesday.
The Swiss city will reportedly once again host the next round of talks before January 20, 2015.
Iran and the Group 5+1 (also known as the P5+1 or E3+3) have decided to extend for more 7 months a self-imposed deadline for signing a comprehensive nuclear agreement.
The negotiations aim to hammer out a final agreement to end more than a decade of impasse over Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program.
